Category: Pest Control Blog

It has been quite the cold winter here in Somerville and we aren’t the only mammals feeling that chill. Mice. Specifically the House Mouse (Mus Musculus), they get cold in this frigid climate too and we’re a lot better at keeping our homes warm then they are so they decide to just move on in. […]

Are you dealing with mice in your home? Even with the unseasonably warm winter rodents are still trying to come inside. Here is some helpful information and tips if you have been battling mice in your home this winter. Mice enter homes primarily looking for 2 things: a place to live and for food. The […]

The real estate market is active all year round even when some pests are not. Our friends at Avenue 3 Real Estate came to us with 3 pest related questions for home buyer’s in the winter months and here’s that conversation. Buying a home in the cold winter weather can prove to be a challenge. […]

Rats have become an increasing problem for home and commercial accounts, especially in urban areas. Rats can be differentiated from their mice counterparts by their larger size and the size of their droppings (feces). Rats droppings are significantly larger than the droppings laid by mice. Mouse droppings are generally the size of a rice krispie […]

Carpenter Ant Control It appears the warm weather is coming this week, hopefully to stay. With the warm weather comes one of the major pests for homeowners, Carpenter Ants. Carpenter ants are the biggest pest ant problem we have here in the Northeast. Carpenter ants are a problem because they are a structure damaging pest. […]